Filamentous fabrics in low-temperature mineral assemblages: Are they fossil biomarkers? Implications for the search for a subsurface fossil record on the early Earth and Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1077-1086

  Hofmann, B A ^a   Farmer, J D ^b,c  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001553376     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(00)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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